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Wow what a turn out today at Kielder,must have been 18 people or more plus dogs having the time of their lives. A 9.30 start gave folk a bit more time to get up to Kielder Castle and the start which was the forest drive. Lots of chit chat as we walked the 12 miles of the forest drive, but the weather wasn't playing ball as the cloud lowered and the drizzle started. It was pretty cold and grim until we got to Byrness where it looked a little more promising. After refreshments at the caravan site most of the group said their farewells leaving 9 walkers to complete the big climb on to the border ridge and the Pennine Way. This cleared the cobwebs from the lungs and killed the conversation for a while at least. Once on the top the weather closed in again and the visibility was poor. Compass bearing and back up GPS saw us all disappear into the mist. The wind picked up the drizzle continued and the going under foot was very wet and boggy, someone disappeared in the bog right up to his b*****s not good! As we reached the highest point on this leg the viz was grim but as we started to descend things changed and the cloud base went up a little letting us navigate much easier. This pretty tough section finished at Chew Green Roman Camp where various cars got people back to civilization....A good day!
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